HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at River View Coal LLC
Start: 12/12/2012

220123490043 · 12/12/2012 · River View Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 50
Mine experience: 2.54 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator: River View Coal LLC
Mine: 1519374

Narrative

Employee was breaking up material on the covers of his miner with a sledge hammer. When he struck it the hammer went thru it and his finger was mashed between the handle and the miner cover. This resulted in his left pinky finger being fractured.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown